“When there’s no more YOU and Me, no more They and We, just Unity! - Trevor Hall

In working in MT on Indian Reservations last week, I was reminded of the words from the book “Fallin Up” by Taboo (member of the BEP’s). He dedicated the book to his grand mother who bought him is first dream catcher. He shares: “the dream catcher caught my dreams before the world could crush them.” I believe that all students should be allowed to dream, but their life experience and their everyday reality tells them otherwise. It tells them that dreams are for others… In short, we have lots of work to do!

I spent an incredible week in MT! I spoke and lead a workshop 4 different towns (3 of them were on Indian Reservations). Here are my thoughts after day 1. We are hopeful that we are going to be able to lead many more programs in MT for many years to come. The biggest realization that I made on a personal level was “how would my life be different if I were brought up in a community where education was not encouraged?” I don’t know if I would of had the drive to complete my college degree without the support of friends and family. Enjoy!

What drew my attention about this conference was that there was no “Our school rules” or “We are the best”, etc. It was refreshing to see students be themselves, have fun and learn from each other. Enjoy!

I remember the first website (2002) I created with my great friend Greg (this guy is crushing it at a world level), I remember feeling like having a website meant that I made it!  kinda.  It made it official, (just like a relationship status on Facebook) I was telling the world that I was a motivational speaker.

Despite all my insecurities and questioning if I was good enough to actually get paid to share my message, the website looked confident.

Despite all my financial concerns of diving into the unknown world as an entrepreneur, my website looked credible.

Despite the fact that when the site was created I had never been paid to speak to anyone (didn’t even have 1 story to tell.)  Today, (8 years / 1000 presentations / 400,000 students later) I am credible and confident.

What’s my point?

I didn’t know then that I would ever get paid to speak to students… I hoped I might.

I didn’t know then that I would ever be picked up by a recognized speaking bureau… I hoped I might.

I didn’t know then if I could support my family doing what I loved… I hoped I might.

Why all the … I hoped I might.   Because for the last month I have been in a program that forces me to / allows me to / inspires me to / dares me to …dream.  www.mightclub.org

That’s right.   1 hour a day / 3 days a week… I get to focus on my dreams.

And just like that, I am back to square one… the doubting, the questioning, the lack of confidence…

I love it.

What’s my point?  Dreams take time.  Get to work on your dreams. I will be.

I got a great gig working in Fiji…yes Fiji! During this event, we got to participate in challenging activities such as: Fire Walking, Arrow Breaking, and Rebar Bending… My favorite was the latter because I got to do this event with my wife. It was about us and our son. Peace, Justin (see pic below video)

I often get asked by students during Q&A’s: “Is it difficult to be away from your family so much?” Of course the answer is yes. However, things are different now then when I started 8 years ago. Forget the Iphone, I had the latest version of NOphone. Oh and a GPS unit was hoping that the attendant at the nearest gas station knew what he was talking about.

What does this have to do with being away from my family? Everything. Because with social medias like Skype and my wife’s ability to post picture to Facebook in record time I feel more connected even while on the road.

Don’t get me wrong, nothing beats giving my son a hug and a kiss before bed each night, but I must say that this video will settle for a close second when on the road.

Two questions I often get from students are:
1. How do you find the time to pursue your dreams?
2. Did you and/or Do you still doubt yourself?

In this videos, you shall learn the answers…

I am very grateful for this mind blowing video as it has made me reflect on a few things:

- The importance of timing.
- Being aligned.
- Creativity has no limits.
- How everything is connected.
- Etc.

Truly inspirational on many fronts